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Eurasian Blackcap
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Jonno52

Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Thanks to everyone for the Carrion Crow comments and reactions. I'm uploading this Blackcap while my laptop still works after a fashion - after each upload, it freezes (the computer, not the bird), has to be forcibly shut down, and restarted. But enough of that!

The Blackcap still warbles loudly and melodiously all day, as it's done since 6 March, right up until nightfall.

Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding!

John
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Habitat
Deciduous, mixed and in some areas, coniferous, forest and woodland with tall shrubs, sometimes in scrub with taller trees nearby. Also in parks, large gardens and orchards. In winter occurs in a wide range of habitats with trees and bushes and a frequent visitor to garden birdtables in parts of Europe (Opus)
Location
London, UK
Date taken
5 May 2021
Scientific name
Sylvia atricapilla
Equipment used
Canon EOS 7D Mk II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/1600th sec, f/5.6, ISO 400
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peterow
A wonderful colourful and well detailed capture you have of this songster, John. Brilliant, well done.
 
Stanley Jones
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He sure looks like he is curious about something John. Excellent eye contact, pose, focus, dof, and setting. Terrific work!
 
j toon
a cracking blackcap john he's beautiful...many thanks....
i use windows 10 but you aft to get the right programs to run on it...
 
delia todd
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after each upload, it freezes (the computer, not the bird), has to be forcibly shut down, and restarted.
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I've been having this problem John. Not with uploading my pictures but with the browsers freezing. It all started about a month ago after a Win update.

It settled down a bit after a friend worked on it remotely for me. But after about 3 weeks it froze again. This time Windows did another update. Worked for a few hours then froze again. Forced yet another shutdown and on restart Windows did another update!!

That was last Friday, since then it's just been minor freezes that have sorted themselves out.

Anyway... enough of all that.... you've a super picture of this Blackcap - done well for you recently, haven't they.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Jonno52
Date added
View count
94
Comment count
12

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Blackcap 443A6038 1000 high BF.jpg
File size
128.3 KB
Date taken
Wed, 05 May 2021 5:49 PM
Dimensions
1000px x 625px

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